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The Economist writes that China's conservative wing finds religion within its ranks--and dislikes it.
Speaker: Ellen Bork, Director of Democracy and Human Rights, Foreign Policy Initiative
Presider: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
January 17, 2013
Ellen Bork, director of Democracy and Human Rights at the Foreign Policy Initiative, leads a conversation on the relationship between China and Tibet and the ongoing religious persecution in Tibet, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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